law. do other countries respect that? don't forget, this is -- in a lot of these extradition cases and the u.s. does not have an extradition treaty with russia, there are a lot of wes you can get around it, other clauses apply, et cetera. there could be a way for russia to simply ignore this, maybe let him go on his way. but now they're making it very clear that's what they want. it raises the ante with russia. china is almost beside the case at this point, he's gone, he's out of there, but russia right now is really being challenged, i would you ssay by the united s to do what the united states wants. will russia do that or not? >> keep us posted with the information you're getting from our sources in washington. edward snowden now in russia, unclear when or if he will be able to get on another plane and head to ecuador or whether what other country will accept his request for asylum. he did make a formal request for asylum to that country. our phil black is in moscow. phil, give us an idea whether there is any direct di